Brady on April 10th, 2010

I just wanted to share with you a bit more of my excitement over my pawpaw trees.

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Brady on March 5th, 2010

“Haven’t you ever heard of flower gardening?” she’d asked. The only thing that came to mind were the edible flowers from Willy Wonka. Still, I am sure we will be just as excited to see the new colors as they start to grow and bloom.

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Tara on November 6th, 2009

We decided this year that we wanted to heavily mulch our garden area with leaves over the winter. Our trees are all too small to give us any substantial amount of leaves, so we are left to get them from other sources. Brady mentioned this plan to his mom, and she has wonderfully brought us [...]

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Brady on October 22nd, 2009

In the interest of preserving the heirloom tradition, we did a little research into how to keep tomato seeds from our harvest so we’ll have a chance to grow these wonderful varieties for years to come without depending on vendors or catalogs.

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Brady on October 5th, 2009

In years past I would break out the tiller and fold and chop the foliage into the soil, but this year I have decided to move the plant matter to the compost pile and spread out a heavy layer of leaves, grass clippings from the few mowings left before snow, and perhaps a bale or two of straw if I start feeling fancy.

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